Kyocera Echo Last Updated: Jun 20th,2011

The Kyocera Echo is one of the most interesting Android Phones launched to date thanks to an extremely innovative form factor. At first the pone appears to be a regular full touchscreen phone - which it is - but sliding/flipping the main screen reveals a secondary interior display. Taking it a step further, the two screens align to create the appearance of one massive 4.7-inch display.

Kyocera greatly customized the version of Android running on the Echo to leverage the unique dual-screen display. Several apps, like YouTube, allow you to make selections in one display while viewing content in the other. Users can also use the combined screens to view one large display across both screens.

Invidiually the screens are 3.5-inches and 480 x 800 pixels resolution. The Kyocera Echo has some other nice features including a 5MP camera that records 720p video, 1 GHz processor, 3.5mm headset jack and all the bells and whistles that come with a typical smartphone such as Wi-Fi, GPS, and Bluetooth.

While the Echo is unarguably innovative, the build quality has been questioned and it seems a bit more like a prototype than a ready-for-primetime Android Phone. However, we'd like to see this concept further developed as it definitely has some promise.

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[Update 2]: And now the Gingerbread update is rolling out. Check for it over the air. [Update]: Looks like it was a mistake after all, but the possibility doesn’t completely dissipate. A Kyocera representative told BriefMobile that both the WiFi calling and NFC support features were listed by mistake. Android 2.3.4 listing apparently went up […]

For all 4 of you who picked up Kyocera’s dual-screened Echo and were worried the device would simply be lost in time, stuck with it’s customized Android 2.2 firmware, fear not. Kyocera is increasing their Android “street cred” thanks to an Android 2.3 Gingerbread update making its way to Echo’s all over the country. The […]

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We imagine this one won’t be met with much fanfare, but here it goes anyway: the Kyocera Echo is now officially available from Sprint. After a brief period of exclusive availability for premier customers, those of you who were looking forward to this dual-screen smartphone/tablet wannabe can go ahead and scoop it up for $199.99 […]

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